Letter from President Buchanan. Share full article. Dec. 1, 1858. Credit... The New York Times Archives. See the article in its original context from December 1, 1858, Page 3 Buy Reprints.

Buchanan also explained why he wasn’t actively involved in the secession battle as president. “It is beyond the power of any president, no matter what may be his own political proclivities, to ...

Buchanan was a five-time member of the House of Representatives, secretary of state under President James Polk, and U.S. minister to Great Britain.

President Buchanan and John Nugent. Share full article. Aug. 3, 1858. ... See the article in its original context from August 3, 1858, Page 1 Buy Reprints. View on timesmachine.

James Buchanan is the only U.S. president from the Susquehanna Valley.He was born and raised in Franklin County, and he lived in Lancaster for most of his adult life.News 8 went to ...

In 1844, Buchanan ran for president but lost the Democratic nomination to James K. Polk. In 1845, Buchanan was named President Polk’s Secretary of State, and he played a hand in negotiating the ...

Buchanan, though, was an irrepressible thorn in Polk's side. He continually undermined the president and made his job more difficult (or, at least, that's how Merry painted him in the Polk biography).

Buchanan owes his position to them, as is repeatedly admitted by Mr. Douglas in his speech of December 9th last, — and the whole nation, having discussed and battled and voted on the principle ...

But Buchanan, smiling tightly amid all the pomp, was hiding a roiling sickness. He was staying at Washington’s posh National Hotel. And he and most of his entourage that slept there the night ...

In 1854, two years before Buchanan was elected president, Congress passed the Kansas-Nebraska Act, which organized the Kansas and Nebraska territories in preparation for statehood.

On this day in 1858, Minnesota became the 32nd state admitted into the Union. Then-President James Buchanan had received Minnesota’s application for statehood in January, but it became ...